# Health in Sefton

The west of the North West. 287,583 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 157 square kilometres.

4 layers about health for Sefton, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

In: [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-west)

## Female life expectancy

Sefton: **82.0 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025.

A baby girl born in Sefton could expect to live 82.0 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In North West the figure is 81.9 years.
For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years.
Sefton is joint 88th lowest of 359 for female life expectancy.

- Against North West: About the same (81.9 years)
- Against the UK: 1% lower (83.0 years)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female#place=E08000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health#l-life-expectancy-female

## GP practices

Postcode level, Great Britain only. Source: NHS England and Public Health Scotland and Ordnance Survey.

Published as points, so there is no single figure for Sefton. The map shows each one.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices#place=E08000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health#l-gp-practices

## Male life expectancy

Sefton: **78.7 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025.

A baby boy born in Sefton could expect to live 78.7 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.
In North West the figure is 77.9 years.
For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years.
Sefton is joint 122nd lowest of 359 for male life expectancy.

- Against North West: 1% higher (77.9 years)
- Against the UK: 1% lower (79.2 years)

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male#place=E08000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/north-west) · https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health#l-life-expectancy-male

## Number of GP practices

Sefton: **41** (2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from NHS England's Organisation Data Service, Public Health Scotland and OS Code-Point Open. Published 15 October 2026.

[Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-gp-practices#place=E08000014) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health#l-gp-practices-count

## More on this place

- [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton)
- [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/housing) (17)
- [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/crime) (13)
- [People](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/people) (24)
- [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/deprivation) (8)
- [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/education) (2)
- [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/environment) (9)
- [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/transport) (4)
- [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/connectivity) (5)
- [Planning](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/planning) (3)
- [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/economy) (4)
- [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/council-tax) (10)
- [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/elections) (7)
- [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/services) (3)
- [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/sources) (28)

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E08000014/data?family=health

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health#l-life-expectancy-female.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.10. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/sefton/health